The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-02-03
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE

NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
MAINE MEMORIALS AT GETTYSBURG.
The Portland correspondent of the Boston
Record says: For some time there has been 4
growing feeling in this State that among the
memorials in the battlefield at Gettysburg there
should be one in honor of the sons of Maine
who fought and fell there. The legislature has
been asked to appropriate $500 to be given to
the Gettysburg Association. and 5000 to be
expended i'll the erection of a suitable monu-
ment or monuments in memory of Maine sol
diers. 1t would seem as if the State might af-
ford that modest sum for such Il purpose.
Maine, in common with so many other States,
has every reason to be proud of the records
made on that field OF the 100000 of the
Mon men engaged in the Gettysburg battle
1900 Were from Maine. and 1000 Of the Maine
boys Were included in the list of $4,000 report
ed killed, wounded or missing when the battle
was over.
\ list even of the Maine otlircr~ who took an
honorable part at Gettysburg would be Il long
one. Many of them still live and are among
the well-known men of affairs. The name of
eN-Gov. Chamberlain. who commanded the
Twentieth Maine regiment, will always he as
sociatcd with the struggle on Little Round
Top. The Seventeenth regiment, which did
some of the hardest fighting, was ably coh-
manded by Col. Charles b. Merrill. of Port
land, now known as Il pretty active Democratic
politician. Among his subordinate officers We're
Charles Z. MattockS. of Portland. afterward
colonel of the regiment, now an able lawyer
and one of the most active business men, hav-
ing done the State some service AS legislator
and county attorney. and Col. Edward Moore,
of Dccring. member of the present legislature.
who has presented the monument bill in the
House. Ex-senator Heat i, OF Watervle, COM
manded the Nineteenth. which believe suffer-
ed greater loss than any other Maine reg;-
mcnt. The sixteenth regiment, which also
lost heavily, was led by Charles W. Tilden, the
present secretary of the Maine Senate. En-
Coy. >elden Connor commanded the Seventh
regiment. though 1t was not at Gettysburg that
he was shot to pieces. Clark W. Edwards,
late Democratic candidate for Governor, was
the colonel Of the Fifth Maine, which marched
lii one day from Winchester 40 miles away.
hut was held in reserve after reaching tic
field. In many other battles the colonel and
his men We're not held in reserve. Gen. James
\. Hall. known all over the country a> stump
speaker of decided Republican tendencies, was
at gettysburg in command of one of the bat
terie>. Gen. Oliver O. Howard, a Maine man
of whom every other Maine man is Justly
proud. did good service at that battle. being in
command of the right wing until the arrival of
Gen. Hancock.
OF course. all these men. and others perhaps
equally worthy of mention. are anxious that
this movement in honor Of their dead comrades
ber> of the present legislature have seen SER
vice in the army, and il is to he expected that
they will be interested in the matter. and
indeed no opposition to the passage of the bill
would naturally be looked for. But it is whis-
pcrrd that there will be some oplo>ition: that
some VIII raise the 'bloody shirt as ''perpct-
uatln@ the memory of the war" cry. and that
others will object to the measure on the ground
OF economy. 1t i, not probable. however. that
ther Of lhese arguments will avail much as
against the prevailing sentiment in the State.
although some of our Lawmakers are always.
theoretically at least, great >tieklerS for econ
OlnN.
MISfE'S HOARD.
The funeral of Nicholas n Pike. of Damars-
Gotta. Il near relative Of Fred a. Pike, of
Calais. who was for many wears a member of
Congress from Maine, took place jan. %. He
died in Il little old farm house. two miles out
from the village. in apparent ahjcrt poverty.
Ills clothes were ragged and dirty and the
whole OF his household goods would not bring
- II put up at auction. His first wife is Il
>pirituali>t medium living near Boston. and
his two married daughters. who live in Massa-
rh>rtt>. thought 80 little Of him that they re-
fused t" attend his funeral. The night before
one of the nci@hhor> Went up into the attic Of
his house and found an old trunk 1t contained
a good suit of clotlc, which 10 one had ever
seen him wear. national bank bills. bonds and
evidences Of cash deposits, amounting in all to
over so 900 No one knows how he r,,n,. Inv
so much money: hut il is supposed that he
made il during the construction of the Knox
and Lincoln Railroad by cashiuy the ,lue bills
OF the laborcr> before iav tay at A rreat dis,
count. His first wife left him on account of
His mi>erlv, filthy habit, about twenty yrars
ago. He ohtaned Il divorce and married ii
Young girl who died in the insane asllum at
Augusta Since then he had lived aim. ma
would often walk 10 a nciyhbor's house TO
warm himself rather than buiId n fire. lie
was >iN1y-.even years of age and was at one
time Il lawvcr. His two daughters will uet thc
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TIE LOBSTER FISHERY.
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-N "i'' 'o's'er fisherman says tial the num-
"er oi 'opSterS ctl@ht on the Maine coast the
!it>l year wis over 2j.OUOUbD. Ills OPINION
that the catch was the smallest for 30 wears
from the fact that not more than ourh,lf thn
li>,laI number wore c,nn.,I on, Lo.,,,y, thn
,n.rl..t ,,..u 20 y.o,,,o ..'.. t1.., ..I -
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u. . '' ~ 'o'S'eiH' ne says illai Ill loNo, cltNen
ldciorle> canned ,''2o,oOo; - slnackS sold >,
.oo,Wl0; shall boats sold to shippers 2.000, 900:
New 1rk Smack> bought 1000 900; total catch,
81 UlD 900 JIt. thinks y nOD Unn ,yn,I,J ho :,
safe estimate I'm his i,,d.rmrnt the IohvtorS
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.l from f'"o' TO ',oUD. lncfe are about IL
factories on the coast of Maine; - smacks of
from l6 to GO tons burden and a large number
Of men are engaged i'm shnpin, in barrels Sov.
cGal large New ! ork SnlackS come each spring
W. W. nt; ~. Nv tiAtepti"i VI le" VINO run 70
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